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Minehead MP Rachel Gilmour has issued her requests of the Chancellor ahead of the Budget

Somerset MP issues ‘Rachel’s Requests’ ahead of next week’s Budget…

MINEHEAD MP Rachel Gilmour has issued a wish list ahead of Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget next week. With less than…

Bus shelters are being replaced in Minehead. Pictures: Mandy Chilcott

Work to update Minehead bus shelters progressing

WORK to replace bus shelters in Minehead is continuing – with a number of the new structures in place. Somerset…

Somerset charities celebrating Royal recognition

A QUARTET of Somerset charities have received Royal recognition. The Exmoor Community Bus Association, the Good Fellowship Club, based in…

Clockwise from top left; Raymond Nuttall, Melios Delvina, Anestis Tsepa, and Craig Nuttall, have been jailed. Pictures: NCA

Trio jailed after £26 million cocaine plot off Somerset coast was rumbled by police

THREE men who were caught collecting more than £26 million worth of cocaine of the coast of Somerset have…

Bus shelters in Minehead are being updated. Picture: Google

Work on new bus shelters in Minehead started this week

WORK to install improved bus shelters in Minehead started this week. A project years in the planning to update shelters…

Walkers on the South West Coast Path in Minehead. Picture: Somerset Council

Walkers trek 500 miles along Somerset coast for good cause

MORE than 20 intrepid walkers completed hundreds of miles to raise hundreds of pounds for a campaign to help…

The A396 at Cutcombe Hill, near Minehead, was the scene of a tragic coach crash in July. Picture: Google

West Somerset road – scene of a tragic coach crash in July – to close tomorrow for ‘police investigation’

A WEST Somerset road will be closed tomorrow (November 5) as part of a police investigation. The A396 will be…

Person freed from car after crash into water-filled ditch

A PERSON was freed from a vehicle that crashed into a water-filled ditch in West Somerset. Emergency services were sent…

Eght fire crews were sent to the scene, believed to be in the Town Marsh area of Dulverton, West Somerset. Picture: Google

Eight fire engines tackle blaze at West Somerset property

SMOKE from the loft space of a thatched property in West Somerset prompted a major callout for firefighters. The incident,…

Bath, Wells and Minehead figure in the list of Somerset's happiest places to live, according to the poll

Somerset’s ‘happiest place to live’ revealed in new poll: See the full list

THE happiest place to live in Somerset has been unveiled after a new poll. And the survey – of some…